From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Dhyan K Prajapati <dhyan19022009@gmail.com>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org,
dhyaan19022009-hue <dhyaan19022009@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 wireless] mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in monitor mode
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 18:34:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026020553-consult-widow-3d06@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260205172313.16652-1-dhyaan19022009@gmail.com>
On Thu, Feb 05, 2026 at 10:53:12PM +0530, Dhyan K Prajapati wrote:
> From: dhyaan19022009-hue <dhyaan19022009@gmail.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: dhyaan19022009-hue <dhyaan19022009@gmail.com>
> ---
> net/mac80211/main.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
> index b05e313c7..190222c26 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/main.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
> @@ -416,6 +416,8 @@ void ieee80211_link_info_change_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
> case NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR:
> if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&local->hw, WANT_MONITOR_VIF))
> return;
> + if (!link->conf->bss)
> + return;
> break;
> default:
> break;
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>
<formletter>
This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree. Please read:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.
</formletter>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-05 17:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-05 17:23 [PATCH v3 wireless] mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in monitor mode Dhyan K Prajapati
2026-02-05 17:34 ` Greg KH [this message]
2026-02-05 17:34 ` Greg KH
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